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I built 7 VS Code tools for Business Central developers because the workflow pain was real

I built 7 VS Code tools for Business Central developers because the workflow pain was real

via Dev.to WebdevYahya Touil

Field 19 of 43. Typed by hand. From a JSON response. That was the moment I stopped accepting the workflow and started building something better. Business Central development carries a lot of invisible overhead, and none of it is the hard part. It's the boilerplate, the folder setup, the JSON-to-AL mapping, the constant Postman context switching. Mechanical work that consumes focus without earning it. I spent six months building BC HERO: a free VS Code extension with seven tools that eliminate the most painful parts of the AL development workflow. What's inside: 🗂️ Quick Project Setup — select your AL component folders, preview the structure, generate in one click. No more five-minute directory rituals. 🧱 AL Object Creator — all 16 AL object types, guided form, auto-calculated next available ID, batch queue. Generate everything in one pass. ⚡ JSON → AL Generator — drop a JSON file (plain objects, arrays, OData { "value": [...] } all work). BC HERO infers AL types, lets you customise, ou

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